15 OCTOBER 1921, Page 3

Lord Dawson's view of sexual passion and his implied protest

against celibacy as the higher and nobler state are, of course, entirely consistent with the Puritan view of Love and Marriage. Did not Mrs. Hutchinson speak of " the ungodly chastity " of a celibate saint, while Milton's apostrophe to " Wedded Love " in Paradise Lost remains one of the most magnificent pieces of passionate verse in our or any language. But though Lord Dawson was so clear and so positive, as was essential, he was always reasonable and moderate. He sees the very great dangers of birth-control carried to extremes ; he recognizes the duty of the good citizen to maintain the race and the miserable incompleteness of the childless unions.